First Alert Weather Day: Freezing rain northwest of Richmond through midday.
Metro Richmond areas will get all rain
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - 8:00am Thursday Update: Reports of light accumulating freezing rain have Louisa and Fluvanna Public schools changing from 2 hr delay to CLOSED.
While Metro Richmond will get plain rain, there will be enough cold air for some light freezing rain in our counties to the northwest of Richmond: Louisa, western Goochland, Cumberland, Fluvanna and Buckingham counties. Those are the counties covered by our First Alert Weather Day.
The NWS has Western Louisa and Fluvanna in a Winter Weather Advisory for some light freezing rain.
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The temperatures should inch above freezing before midday, as freezing rain will change over to rain, which will move out of the area around sunset. Expect 1-1.5″ of rain total.
Highest Elevations in Nelson counting are even getting some SNOW mixed in with the Freezing rain.
Stay safe, especially if your travels take you toward I-81 today!
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